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More than 4,600 flights were delayed Tuesday, according to one website

A resident of New Jersey said lightning was all around her home

An iReporter was caught in a quick deluge that flooded streets

Strong storms and heavy rain hampered travel from North Carolina to Maine on Tuesday.

It was difficult to find an on-time flight out of the Northeast as some major airports had arrival delays of more than four hours.

At one point, LaGuardia Airport had a delay of almost five hours.

The fight tracking website FlightAware.com said more than 4,600 flights originating in or flying to the United States had been delayed for various reasons, including weather. There were more than 1,200 cancellations.

The National Weather's Storm Prediction Center told the millions of Americans along the East Coast to expect storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts.

The bad weather wasn't just there. Forecasters said tornadoes were possible in Colorado and Wyoming.

There were also flash flood warnings in at least 10 states as storms passed through.

In Voorhees, New Jersey, one resident said it felt like a tornado had hit.